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2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 938 people earned their degree in architectural engineering, making the major the 433rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 89 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Architectural Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 4 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Architectural Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid list, Texas A&M Kingsville has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M Kingsville.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Full UT Arlington Architectural Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#4 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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